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Best Crime TV Series of the 1970s

303 Crime series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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303 series

Police Call 110

★ 6.5
651 427 1971–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Protectors

★ 6.7
648 52 1972–1974
Action · Adventure · Crime

Father Brown

★ 7.1
646 13 1974–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Mrs. Columbo

★ 5.7
641 13 1979–1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Priklyucheniya printsa Florizelya

★ 7.7
625 3 1979–present
Adventure · Comedy · Crime

Van der Valk

★ 7.1
616 32 1972–1992
Crime · Drama

Switch

★ 7.1
538 71 1975–1978
Action · Crime · Drama

Shaft

★ 6.5
538 7 1973–1974
Action · Crime · Drama

The Snoop Sisters

★ 7.8
537 5 1972–1974
Comedy · Crime · Drama

The Dain Curse

★ 6.5
509 3 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Kottan ermittelt

★ 8.5
503 19 1976–1983
Comedy · Crime

Where the Wild Boars Go

★ 8.4
477 10 1971–1971
Crime · Drama · War

Crown Court

★ 7.4
459 881 1972–2007
Crime · Drama

Fantastic

★ 5.7
457 286 1973–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

The Tiger Brigades

★ 7.9
438 36 1974–1983
Action · Crime · Thriller

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.2
418 26 1971–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Dan August

★ 7.1
410 26 1970–1971
Crime · Drama

07 zglos sie

★ 7.3
406 21 1976–1987
Crime · Mystery

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

★ 8.1
394 4 1972–1973
Crime · Mystery

Get Christie Love!

★ 6.5
388 22 1974–1975
Crime · Drama

Coffin Island

★ 7.7
369 6 1979–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Five Red Herrings

★ 8.0
351 4 1975–1975
Crime · Mystery

Out

★ 7.7
326 6 1978–1978
Crime · Drama

Holmes and Yoyo

★ 5.9
311 13 1976–1977
Comedy · Crime · Sci-Fi
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